"Give each prosecutor a budget of, say, 350 jail-years permonth. In a given month, the proescutor would not be allowed to requestsentences totaling more than his budget. We can add some flexibilityby allowing the prosecurot to 'borrow' jail-years from each other and pay themback in future months. A prosecutor who asks for long jail sentences in one caseought to know that he does so at a cost in terms of future cases. You mighargue that it is wrong to let one case affect another. I reply that onecase already affects another because of the finite resources available in theprison system. The problem is to make the prosecutor aware of the cost andgive him an incentive to respond to it. Prosecutors, like jurors, judges and criminals, are subjet tothe universal law of human behavior: when they're not held responsible for theiractions, their actions are likely to be irresponsible. With betterincentives, we can have better justice." (pp 103-4)

And this would have saved Sheriff Baca the trouble of his involvement. And Paris would be back in her natural habitat, clubbing and doing all the other things that are her claim to fame.